Читать книгу The Concise Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics - Carol A. Chapelle - Страница 90

Cultural knowledge is a multifaceted concept and many assessment instruments are available that measure its different dimensions. For example, yet another of special note is the Culture Learning Strategies Inventory (Paige et al., 2006), an instrument that explicitly identifies strategies for learning culture. It meets the criteria for a sound assessment, but it is not as widely used or tested as the others. In this brief entry, the goal has been to provide a conceptual map of cultural knowledge, to identify a number of assessment instruments relevant to those categories, and, for illustrative purposes, to describe in greater detail four specific cultural knowledge assessment instruments. This introduction should serve as an introduction that readers can develop to gain a better understanding of cultural knowledge and its assessment.

The author expresses her gratitude to R. Michael Paige, PhD, the lead author on the 2012 version of this entry. He was an icon and visionary in the field of cultural knowledge, training, and learning. Dr. Paige passed away before the final publication of this revision. This entry is dedicated to him.

SEE ALSO: Intercultural Competence; Language and Identity; Teaching Culture and Intercultural Competence